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Apple Inducted Into 'Brand Hall of Fame' for Iconic Ads

iPod Ad Silhouette The One Club for Creativity, a U.S. non-profit organization that promotes excellence in advertising and design, today announced that Apple has been selected as the first brand to be inducted into its newly established "Brand Hall of Fame."

Apple's most famous ads include its iconic "1984" Super Bowl commercial for the original Macintosh, the "Think Different" campaign from the late 1990s, the "iPod silhouette" commercials from the early 2000s, the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials from the late 2000s, and the "Shot on iPhone" campaign.

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turbineseaplane Avatar
2 weeks ago
The Apple ADs up until about 2010 were indeed hall of fame worthy, the iPod ones in particular.

The recent one where the wife forgot her husbands birthday and quickly asked Siri to whip up a "photo memory" for him?

That one deserves a very different kind of "award".
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vegetassj4 Avatar
2 weeks ago
Mother Nature responds to being snubbed by the Hall



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Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 weeks ago
Shouldn't the ad agencies be winning the awards?
I thought TBWA/Chiat/Day - MediaLab did their ads?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sjsharksfan12 Avatar
2 weeks ago
The I'm a Mac, I'm a PC ads was legendary. Probably the best ad campaign apple came up with.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ThinkDifferent. Avatar
2 weeks ago

Shouldn't the ad agencies be winning the awards?
I thought TBWA/Chiat/Day - MediaLab did their ads?
Yeah I found it a little odd that Apple gets all the accolades when these concepts were crafted by the media companies they worked with.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 weeks ago

Shouldn't the ad agencies be winning the awards?
I thought TBWA/Chiat/Day - MediaLab did their ads?
Sort of like how Tim gets the credit for great products he didn't create.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)